About Lutheran Hospital

A History of Caring

Lutheran Hospital first opened in 1896 at Fulton Road and West 29th Street in a residence that was rented for $42 per month. In the first year, 25 patients were admitted. This number slowly grew when the hospital relocated to a larger residence two years later. In 1921, a large expansion project added 110 beds, four operating rooms, a maternity department, nurse’s quarters and an X-ray department.

Innovative updates to Lutheran Hospital continued as a result of a $1,000,000 fundraising campaign in 1957. The campaign, endorsed as the first public fund drive in hospital history, allowed for a new C wing along Vestry Avenue and a North-South B wing. Other updates included a new emergency suite, laboratory, pharmacy, laundry and housekeeping areas, offices, dining room, gift and coffee shops and a chapel.

Over the past 100 years, Lutheran Hospital has undergone many physical renovations, yet the quality of care remains unchanged and unprecedented.